Shoe-heel.



Y M. MOLITOR.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1907. RENEWED OCT. 20, 1908.

Patented May 25, 1909.

attozmua 5 MICHAEL MOLITOR, OF CALVARY, WISCONSIN.

SHOE -HEEL.

peciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed Kay 16, 1907, Serial No. 374,050. Renewed October 20,1908. Serial No. 468,669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL MOLITOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cfillvary, in the county of Fond-du Lac and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-I-Ieels;'and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety depositvaults and more articularly to'that class adapted to be usedy-travelers, and my object is to rovide means for secreting smallvaluables, 1rgzloney, and the like, in the heel of a shoe or oot.

A further object is to provide means for covering the opening to thevault in such manner that the presence of the same will not be apparentto a casual observer.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this a plication,Figure 1 is a pers ective view 0 a boot showing portions t ereof brokenaway and my improved vault attached to the heel thereof. Fig. 2 is asectional view throu h the heel of the boot and the vault thereln, and,Fi 3 is a sectional view as seen on line 33, ig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which simi-.

lar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, 1 indicates a boot which is provided with the usual formof heel 2, said heel being provided with a cavity 3, in which is securedmy improved form of vault 4.

he heel 2 of the boot is formed in the usual manner, of layers ofleather and the central portion of each strip of leather is removed toform the cavity 3, the lower section 5 being left solid to form awearing surface and cover the vault, while in. the upper section 6, aU-sha ed incision is made to form a tongue or c osure 7, and the section6 is covered with the usualor an referred form of lining 8, that ortiono t e lining extending over the bee being left loose so that it can beraised from over the tongue 7 and thereby giving ready access to thevault and at the same time forming a comfrom the casual observer.

when the linin is in its normal position.

The vault 4 1s formed by providing a wall 9 which is preferably in theshape of the heel 2 and has secured over each end thereof an upper andlower plate 10 and 11, respectively, the upper plate being provided withan opening 12, at its central portion, which is immediately below thetongue 7, so that when the to ue is raised, articles may be readilydeposlted in or removed from the vault and in order to hold the wall 9and plates 10 and 11 in a compact form, I extend bolts 18 through theplate 11 andinto threaded bores 14 in the upper plate'lflfthe upper endsof the bolts 13 being threaded to engage said bores.

The plates 10 and 11 are greater in dimension than the wall 9 so thatthe peripheries of the lates extend beyond the outer face of the wa 9and form ledges 15 and 16, res ectively, so that when the sections ofthe heel are properly placed around the vault, any movement of the vaultindependent of the heel will be obviated.

In depositing articles in thevault, the lining 8 is first removed fromover the tongue 7 and the free end of the tongue then elevated, whichwill result in exposing the opening 12 in the upperend of the vault.After the articles have been deposited in the vault, the tongue 7 isreleased and ermitted to return to its normally close position, saidtongue being ofgreater dimension than the opening 12, and the incisionbeing at an angle, the tongue is pos1t1vely prevented from descendinginto the o enmg. After the tongue is properly seate the hnmg' isreturned to its initial position over the heel and the opening to thevault effectually concealed.

It will thus-be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economicalform of vault for carrying valuable articles of jewelry or money, andone that is positivel concealed It wi further be seen that by providingthe parts of the vault of metal, the heel of the shoe or boot will bereinforced and held in shape.

What I claim is:

In combination with a shoe, a heel therefor having a cavity formedtherein, a me tallic vault positioned within the cavity, said vaultcomprising a top plate, a bottom plate plete covering for the opening tothe vault and side walls, the top plate and bottom In testimony whereofI have signed my plate projectinibeyond the side walls, means name tothis specification in the presence of 10 pql'slsi'lul'llg 1thronglfthehtcl andhbottom (plates two subscribing Witnesses. mt t event or oin t eto an ot- 5 tom plates to the side we s, said top plate MICHAELMOLITOR' having an opening therein anda closure for Witnesses: theopening 1n the top plate formed by a por- MICHAEL HEUS, tion of the shoestructure. P. W. LANGENFELD.

